AOCS Engineer (Aerospace)

AOCS Engineer


ROLE HIGHLIGHTS:
* AOCS Engineer


* Location: Espoo, Finland / Warsaw, Poland


* Department: Spacecraft Analysis, Orbit and Attitude Control - Engineering


* Reports to: Engineering Lead, AOCS Hardware


* Employment type: Permanent


* Workplace model: Hybrid


* Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)






WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS:
As an AOCS Engineer, you'll bring attitude and orbit control expertise to a constellation of 40+ Earth-observation satellites. You'll work across the full AOCS lifecycle, from design through on-orbit maintenance, analyzing performance, defining verification procedures, and leading anomaly investigations that keep our satellites precisely controlled and our SAR imagery sharp.




WHO WE ARE
ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.

ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system.

ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.

Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.




YOUR DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Analyze and improve on-orbit performance of AOCS components across a constellation of 40+ satellites


* Lead market studies and trade evaluations for new ADCS and propulsion hardware, and introduce new AOCS components into satellites


* Define, execute, and maintain verification procedures for AOCS components


* Lead or contribute to AOCS anomaly investigations across multiple engineering domains to identify root causes


* Maintain and improve operational procedures related to AOCS


* Drive process improvements that affect the full in-orbit satellite constellation


* Partner with satellite operations, radar, mechanical, electronics, manufacturing, and product teams






WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Must haves:

* BS/MS in Physics, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field


* 2-4 years of experience designing, operating, or testing AOCS equipment or spacecraft hardware


* Strong understanding of AOCS fundamentals: rigid body motion, differential equations, coordinate transformations, 3D geometry, feedback loops, state estimation


* Solid understanding of astrodynamics and attitude determination and control principles


* Working knowledge of Python and Git


* Experience with electronic lab hardware (power supplies, oscilloscopes, etc.)


* Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills



Nice to haves:

* Experience in multi-disciplinary environments (electrical, controls, mechanical, thermal)


* Experience with flight dynamics software or libraries (e.g. STK, GMAT)


* Experience working with GNSS


* Proficiency in C++






APPLICATION PROCESS
* Talent Acquisition screening (remote)


* Hiring Manager interview (remote)


* Take-home technical task and panel interview (remote)


* System thinking workshop (on-site)


* Behavioural interview to assess cultural fit (on-site)






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